Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this tornado warning at Feb 22, 1992, 7:04 AM CST for Brazoria County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 1992, 7:04 AM CST (13:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 22, 1992, 7:30 AM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brazoria County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 240 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KHOU 221259 TORHOU TXC039-221330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON TX 704 AM CST SAT FEB 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS ...EASTERN BRAZORIA COUNTY FOR THE COASTAL WATERS ADJACENT TO MATAGORDA AND BRAZORIA COUNTIES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR LAKE JACKSON ON 521 AND HIGHWAY 36 THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVIN EAST AT 30 MPH. ALL BOATERS ON THE COASTAL WATERS SHOULD RETURN TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 4:23 AM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
TXZ048-221223- SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GALVESTON TX 423 AM CST SAT FEB 22 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS INCLUDING GALVESTON AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES AND THEIR ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 1000 AM THIS MORNING. A FLOOD AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN AFFECT THROUGH THE DAY FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INCREASE BETWEEN HOUSTON...VICTORIA AND COLLEGE STATION. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO STAY INFORMED OF THE LATEST WEATHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. MARINERS SHOULD EXPECT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH BRIEF GUSTING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL CRAFT ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 3:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 59 min |
| Feb 22, 4:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 61 min |
| Feb 22, 5:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Wharton | 59 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.